obama sitting here of. >> many thought he was rambling. >> what do you want me to tell romney? i can't tell him to do that. can't do that to himself. [laughter] >> more hilarious than brilliant. >> i'm not going to shut up. my turn. >> there is no denying it was the most talked about speech of either convention. and now in an interview with his hem town paper in california, "the carmel pinecone," clint eastwood gives a blow-by-blow how it came to be. the morning of his speech as he flew to tampa, he still hadn't chosen his words. they vet most of the people, but i told them you can't do that with me because i don't know what i'm going to say. 15 minutes before he spoke he arrived at the hall, still no plans. then right before he took the stage, inspiration. there was a stool there and some fellow kept asking me if i wanted to set down. when i saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. >> and i just -- >> he acknowledges he stumbled a bit up there and that he went longer than he was supposed to. but, quote, when people are applauding so much, it takes you ten minutes to s